The Voices in Your Head Say Do It!

I have a feeling that there’s more stuff going on this weekend, but I gotta keep it brief and run. Do what the voices say. Do it now.

Friday, May 9 & Saturday May 10

Hotbed: Video Cultivation bestide the Getty Gardens. Curated by Anne Bray of Freewaves, 18 artists’ videos from 1984 [...]

Thai Cars and Trucks

All my Thailand photos are in the Thailand 2007 Flickr Set. Here are some of the regular cars and trucks I saw around Thailand. I took tons and tons of these, but I was shooting through windshields a lot, and out of a dozen, sometimes only one would be good. I cannot emphasize enough [...]

Thai Trucks

The Big Trucks of Thailand. Being in Thailand last year, far away from California, I was always looking for cultural similarities to reference. It was the vehicular culture of Thailand that made me feel most at home, that I found comforting, even though vehicles take different forms in Thailand, I felt like I was [...]

Back to Thailand Soon

A sleazy picture for the insectophile set. Taken on my last day in the village of Yodakeng, in Kalasin, Thailand, back in 2007.

I’m headed back to Thailand for a group show that opens in July (where I think I’ll be doing my final Avian Flu Awareness Project related piece, Year of the [...]

I Need One of These

My fetish for new and better limbs continues, and I must share. I know the guy just has his hand in the glove and he’s tethered to whatever is powering it (It was 1965, give science a break), but man, if it were backpack mounted, I’d have the perfect means to both live [...]

God’s Own Chili Dog

LA is the secret second city of American hot dogs, although it comes nowhere near Chicago as the home of the true American weenie. Now the chili dog at Original Tommy’s doesn’t contain a wiener that’s of any note whatsoever, the combination of their dry, simple bun, the dog and their mysterious chili, [...]

The Spindle Is Gone

After removing the top two cars, the whole sculpture was torn apart. Dustin Shuler’s Spindle is dead. This is the saddest day in public art ever. I can’t think of anything else to say.

Technorati Tags: Spindle, Dustin Shuler, Route 66, American art, Americana, cars, art cars, sculpture, public sculpture, Berywn, art, shame, [...]

Taco Truck Night In Review

Well, on Thursday, as part of my contribution to saving the taco trucks of Los Angeles County, I visited all three of San Pedro’s operating trucks, but I caught one while they were still setting up, so I only got to eat from two trucks. It’s funny, the jerks who are backing Gloria [...]

Murakami at Blum and Poe

Takashi Murakami’s show, Davey Jones’ Tear, opened yesterday at Blum and Poe. Giant Robot’s Eric Nakamura has the story and the Flickr Set. According to Eric’s post, it sounds like everything is already sold, so if you want some Murakami on your wall, it’s Santee Alley time. Thanks, Eric, for making sure to [...]

Allan Kaprow’s Fluids at Angels Gate – Wrap-Up

Fluids was too much fun on Sunday. I’m cross-posting my wrap-up from the Angels Gate blog, for the sake of ice block love and general sharity!

It’s done. Open Studios 2008 has come and gone, a big success, with many happy artists and visitors having had a good time. I spent much of [...]